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Results for: Pococo Discount Code "AVA505" – Get 50% Discount

  • By Amanda Morales |
  • April 28, 2016
Adult ballet classes give students balance, grace

Adult ballet classes at Soul Studios offer an alternative exercise for seniors seeking flexibility and balance.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2010
Our view: Post-mortem on the vote

For all of those involved in the Longboat Key Club and Resort's proposed expansion and redevelopment plans, the holiday weekend gave them a much-needed break, time to play and think about something else. Everyone needs to recharge. Especially from the past eight, draining months of public hearings, town elections and decision making.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • May 24, 2023
Downtown condo moves closer to final approval as neighbors object

Although the developer says the height-limiting ordinance does not apply, the Sarasota Design Review Committee still suggests reducing the scale of the condominium tower, Obsidian.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • May 27, 2021
Golden Gate Point condo earns city approval

Resident concerns about the size of on-site parking spaces weren’t enough to derail plans for a four-unit, four-story condominium in the waterfront neighborhood.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • November 9, 2020
Town weighs turtle rule revisions

Town staff presented commissioners several proposed recommendations on Monday afternoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 20, 2010
Vertex files suit against Manatee County

The cell-phone tower developer is fighting to place a flagpole-style tower in front of the River Club Golf Course.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2017
Gabriel Hament: City elections akin to a House of Cards

The hypocrisy of public input abounds.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • September 25, 2014
Outdoor displays move to discussion forefront

From the proposal to allow outdoor displays in a special overlay district on Siesta Key to several special-exception petitions, the county is concerned with curb appeal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2013
Our View: Recommendations

Three competitive races with six candidates vying for the Longboat Key Town Commission are a sign of community engagement. It's healthy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2011
Key comes close to white Christmas

Longboat Key didn't get a white Christmas, but, just a few days after Christmas, the island did get frosty.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2017
Looking Ahead: Undergrounding utilities

The town of Longboat Key is taking the first steps toward the roughly $50 million undegrounding project in 2017. The Longboat Observer asked for a resident and town official for their take on the project in the new year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2013
SIDELINES

Four Lakewood Ranch YMCA Wave Runners swimmers qualified for the YMCA Nationals.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By June LeBell |
  • June 7, 2014
MUSIC REVIEW: Sarasota Music Festival

June LeBell reviews the first concert of the Sarasota Music Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Robin Roy |
  • June 17, 2010
SOUR DOUGH

Solorzano Bros. Pizzeria used a parked van on Beach Road to advertise its business, but condo owners across the street say it blocks their view and takes a parking spot away from tourists.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 31, 2013
Year in Review: October 2013, ULI: 'Key should embrace change'

The panel's report urges the town to create a walkable Town Center concept near Publix and scrap its codes and Comp Plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Lauren Tronstad |
  • April 11, 2023
Police assist changing cellphone settings

A woman asked police to help put her phones in airplane mode so she couldn't be tracked. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
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